Hardware problem: My machine no longer does the normal beep while booting. How do I fix this?

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anonymous · Answer

It boots silently (not counting the hard drive or the noisy fans).

anonymous · Answer

fans are actually pretty quiet at boot-time.

anonymous · Answer

why do you want it to beep? my laptop never beeps :P

anonymous · Answer

Those sound codes are very useful diagnostics for problems that may be faced at startup.

anonymous · Answer

but yeah I guess I don't need the beeps if my computer is working fine.

rsmith6559 · Answer

Just for giggles, what's your volume set at?

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't matter, because that beep is not caused by speakers

anonymous · Answer

probably the system speaker went bad or is unplugged have you been doing anything in inside the case or with the BIOS/CMOS settings ?